Tag Archives: 21st Century Skills

“Young people reap many developmental benefits from engaging in apprenticeships” (Lerman, 2010). In apprenticeship programs, young people learn through observing and working with adult mentors who can guide them, advise them, as well as let them try and make mistakes. According to a study conducted by the Urban Institute, “Apprenticeship helps workers to master not

“Not all knowledge comes from college, but not all skills come from degrees” (Mike Rowe). This popular piece of wisdom indeed rings true, but we seem to be short on reliable information about the individuals who take a career path through apprenticeship and how they benefit from those programs. The Program for the International Assessment

Growth mindset – the belief that intelligence is changeable, rather than fixed – has been promoted in classrooms across the country for years. Increasingly, teachers are encouraged to praise children for their effort and grit in solving problems rather than their innate intelligence. The widely recognized importance of a growth mindset in students has even

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of speaking with Oklahoma educators at the state’s summer Career and Technical Education (CTE) conference. I was asked to be part of a panel addressing the question, how to implement the common core into CTE. My message was simple: the question is backwards because the common core cannot

Standardized tests don’t get a lot of love. Kids don’t like to take them. Teachers resent the time they take away from instruction. Critics say they reduce knowing to the ability to parrot the right response at the expense of critical thinking and problem solving. And the wonks say that if those high-level skills don’t get measured, they won’t get taught.